On 03/12/2014 05:20 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
>
> The minimized windows can be an issue as well... it might be nice
> to dock them as tabs, like a web browser does, up top. I tend to
> lose them under other things. Actually having a 'task bar' with
> all the open 'windows' would be a nice feature.
>
>
> I can't speak to the work involved, but from my limited experience
> with the GUI elements (trying to wrap the toolbar in a flowing layout
> was my first stab at this stuff) it appears there is quite a bit of
> work to get a drastic change such as dock-able windows. If it ever
> happens, it would be quite the overhaul as I believe every GUI element
> would have to be rewritten. Docking can have the unintended effect of
> making dialogs that we're used to having several open, to now be
> singleton. If you think about the impact of (for example) a singleton
> instrument dialog or a singleton effects dialog... it might not be
> well received.
No, it would not. There's already the option in settings to only have
one instrument open at a time. I've tried it, I can't work that way,
it's just too weird. I like being able to arrange the workspace in
whatever way I like. I like leaving instrument windows lying around in
places where I'm likely to use them - for example, I can put instruments
whose knobs I'm likely to automate next to the song editor...
I think what we really need is some better window management. Ways to
arrange subwindows into workspaces/views, better minimize-functionality
(docking may be an option, but it must be implemented in a modular way,
not making the instruments single-use only). Window snapping (snap
windows to each other & parent window borders).
> After learning Ableton's interface, I think this is the direction to
> go, as you don't find yourself CTRL + TABing through the interface to
> get back to a piano roll, however this change would be monumental from
> my understanding of the codebase.
I never find myself tabbing through the interface to get back to piano
roll. I keep the song editor at the top, mixer and bb-editor in the
middle, and piano roll in the bottom, then scroll vertically between the
windows as needed. Easy to switch with the scrollwheel of the mouse.
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